Land of Lightning.
Border.
A vast open expanse stretched before them, with an enormous platform dozens of meters high standing at its center.
Uchiha Yuzuru and the Third Raikage stood at the very front.
The gale whipped their clothes with a fierce flutter as the two stood shoulder to shoulder, arms folded across their chests.
Below them stood the Cloud Ninja in orderly ranks.
Everyone stood silently in place. Under the sunlight, the forehead protectors of the Cloud Ninja merged into a silver torrent.
Opposite them stood the Ninja Alliance formed by Konoha, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure.
Less than a thousand meters separated the two sides as they faced off, the air thick with murderous tension.
Shimura Danzō stood at the very front of the Ninja Alliance, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
So many people were all waiting for his command, awaiting his next order.
This feeling...
It was simply intoxicating!
Looking across the entire Shinobi World, who else could command a Ninja Alliance from four villages like he could?
Not even Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara had possessed such glory in their day!
After today's battle, his name would surely resound throughout the Shinobi World!
With that thought, Shimura Danzō took a deep breath. His voice, amplified by Chakra, echoed in the ears of every member of the Ninja Alliance. "Those across from us are the rebels of Kumogakure. Today, we will crush them at any cost."
"Charge and kill!"
As soon as Shimura Danzō finished speaking, the ten thousand members of the Ninja Alliance began moving like a massive, precise machine, steadily turning into motion and charging toward the Cloud Ninja ahead.
At the same time, the Kumogakure shinobi began spreading out in all directions, splitting their originally orderly formation into four paths.
The next moment, A, Killer